A video showing an individual pointing a firearm at people, including young children, and being shot down by a woman has been circulated with the claim that a Muslim migrant of Libyan origin attempted to kill a Jewish family and was shot down by a brave woman in Europe. However, D-Intent Data has found that this is an old video from Brazil. It depicts an incident from May 2018, where a gunman named Elivelton Neves Moreira attempted to rob families outside a school in São Paulo.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) serial fake news peddler and propagandist account @RealBababanaras wrote. “Infiltrator jihadists have created terror in Europe But the women of Europe are also teaching them a good lesson. Reportedly a Libya origin Muslim migrant tried to kill a Jews family, downed by a brave lady”. Later, he deleted the post.
Another propaganda account @FrontalForce also shared the video and wrote. Infiltrator jihadists have created terror in Europe But the women of Europe are also teaching them a good lesson. Reportedly a Libya origin Muslim migrant tried to kill a Jews family, downed by a brave lady. Later, he deleted the post.
The truth about the video related to gunman, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video and found that the video was old and unrelated to religious hate crimes.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video using Google Lens. This led us to several media reports containing the same visuals. According to the reports (1, 2), this is an old video from Brazil. It depicts an incident from May 2018, where a gunman named Elivelton Neves Moreira attempted to rob families outside a school in São Paulo. He was shot and killed by an off-duty female police officer. Hence, the video has no connection to Europe, Muslim migrants, or any attempt to harm a Jewish family.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the video was not from Europe and was unrelated to religious hate crimes.
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing an individual pointing a firearm at people, including young children, and being shot down by a woman has been shared with the claim that a Muslim migrant of Libyan origin attempted to kill a Jewish family and was shot down (1/3) pic.twitter.com/zRCOcBnHMW
Intent
Influencers are circulating old videos from Brazil and claiming to be from Europe to set their narrative based on religion.
Conclusion
Claim– The video depicts a gunman being shot down when he tried to target a Jewish family in Europe.
Fact – This is an old video from Brazil and unrelated to religious hate crimes against Jewish families in Europe.
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